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Simon Monjack 1970-2010

RadarOnline.com reports that Simon Monjack will be laid to rest next to his wife, Brittany Murphy, tomorrow after a private funeral set to begin at 3pm. Details here.

Simon passed away on May 23rd in the home he and Brittany shared with her mother Sharon, from apparent natural causes, pending autopsy results. His rep has stated that Simon was scheduled for heart surgery this fall.

Brittany, who passed away in December, was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hillson Christmas Eve. Her grave was just marked two weeks ago. Thank you to my dear friend, Jayne Osborne of The Adipocere Society, for sharing her photo from her visit with Brittany on May 15th.

Say what you will about Simon (and boy tongues continue to wag) but, for me, this is just a very sad epilogue to this couple's story. I wonder, too, if his grave will be guest-list vistitation only like Brittany's was. We shall see.

Rest in peace, Simon.

Visit Simon's official website, which includes his photography of Brittany, here.

Recent interview with Simon regarding death of Corey Haim, drug rumors, coping with grief and the status of The Brittany Murphy Foundation, courtesy of WhatUNeed.tv:

By Lisa Burks

Exploring History From The Ground Up!

I enjoy spending time exploring cemeteries, reading and photographing headstones of celebrities and civilians alike, and learning about the lives and deaths of these so-called "permanent residents" of the graveyards and mausoleums. This blog chronicles those experiences.

One of the cemeteries I'm most interested in these days is Grand View Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif. I wrote about its legal problems for the LA Daily News' community hub, ValleyNews.com from August 2006 to December 2008, when Valley News ceased operations. In response to reader requests to have one central source of information, I created and continue to maintain Grand View Memorial Park (dot) Info.

"We've gotten a front-row seat to all the twists and turns
taking place at the beleaguered cemetery, Grand View Memorial Park, from an intrepid citizen journalist named Lisa Burks." ~ Jason Kandel, ValleyNews.com Editor, 12/28/2006